Classical Greece

Pericles's goals for Athens included all of the following except

• doing away with slavery

• making the city beautiful

• protecting the city from invaders

• diving the power more evenly between the rich and poor

Which group of Athenians had more leisure time?

• women

• metics

• slaves

• citizens

Athens contributed to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by

• forming an alliance with Sparta

• giving too much freedom to its allies

• engaging in trade with the Peloponnesian League

• treating the Delian League as an empire

During the Peloponnesian War, the Persians gave money to Sparta because they wanted

• Sparta to be their ally.

• Sparta to build an empire.

• Persia to become a financial center.

• Sparta and Athens to destroy each other.

The nonmilitary factors that weakened Athens and brought about its defeat were starvation and

• disease

• bad weather

• lack of money

• people giving up

The first thing King Philip of Macedonia did to build his empire was

• develop trade

• spread Greek culture

• establish political alliances

• strengthened Macedonia's military power

Alexander ruled the conquered lands in his empire by

• maintaining control himself.

• giving control to Greek governors.

• having military leaders rule in his place.

• allowing the existing governments to stay in power.

The Greek historian Herodotus is known as the "father of history" for his factual account of the Persian Wars?

• true

• false

The Which Greek historian established the practice of carefully evaluating historical evidence.

• Aristophanes

• Thucydides

• Socrates

• Herodotus

Which Greek philosopher and teacher thought the best way to gain knowledge was to ask questions.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Pythagorus